A description on Pornhub's website calls it: "The first wearable tech that allows you to love the planet by loving yourself."

"Every day, millions of hours of adult content are consumed online, wasting energy in the process and hurting the environment," said Pornhub. "At Pornhub we decided to do something about it."

The band would contain a valve with a small weight inside that moves backwards and forwards between two coils when the wristband is worn during repetitive activities. Pornhub did not explain how this kinetic motion would be turned into electrical power, but the designs suggest a similar technology to that used in electromagnetic charging devices.

A charger integrated into the wristband would store the generated energy, which could be used to power smartphones, laptops, cameras and other electronic devices by plugging them into the USB port on the side.

Worn like a watch, the Wankband would have an adjustable strap with a lightning-bolt-shaped fastener. A row of illuminated bars on the face would show how much energy has been captured.

The website says that this would be an eco-friendly energy production method and offer a solution to the depletion of natural resources and the creation of air pollution by burning fossil fuels.

"We're going to show men how to save the planet by doing what they do best," says the voiceover in a promotional video for the product.

Slogans on the site include "create dirty energy", "start jacking on" and "do your part with your part".

The website premiered the design last week, and says that the device is currently in development. It is encouraging people to sign up to test the product once complete. It also stresses that the band is unisex.

]]>http://www.dezeen.com/2015/03/04/pornhub-wankband-wearable-technology-generate-energy-masturbation/feed/12Competition: five Periodic Table of Sexual Terminology posters to be wonhttp://www.dezeen.com/2015/02/14/competition-periodic-table-sexual-terminology-poster-dorothy-valentines-day/
http://www.dezeen.com/2015/02/14/competition-periodic-table-sexual-terminology-poster-dorothy-valentines-day/#commentsSat, 14 Feb 2015 06:00:42 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=644527Competition: to celebrate Valentine's Day, Dezeen has teamed up with UK studio Dorothy to give readers the chance to win one of five posters filled with suggestive vocabulary (+ slideshow). Congratulations to the winners! Jennifer McHugh from the USA, Jessika Brunner-Gnass from Canada, Joseph Saxby from the UK, Andreas Nikolopoulos from Greece and Eugene Ong […]

Competition: to celebrate Valentine's Day, Dezeen has teamed up with UK studio Dorothy to give readers the chance to win one of five posters filled with suggestive vocabulary (+ slideshow).

Congratulations to the winners! Jennifer McHugh from the USA, Jessika Brunner-Gnass from Canada, Joseph Saxby from the UK, Andreas Nikolopoulos from Greece and Eugene Ong from Singapore all won a Periodic Table of Sexual Terminology poster.

Dorothy's Periodic Table of Sexual Terminology is designed in the same format as the Periodic Table of Elements, created by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869 to visually categorise the chemical elements.

For this more provocative version, Dorothy replaced the chemical symbols with 114 abbreviations for words or phrases related to sexual acts and affiliated body parts.

"There's everything from the obvious f-word and the straightforward 'screw' and 'shag' to the slapstick 'how's your father' and a bit of 'hanky panky' to the more imaginative 'horizontal hula' and our studio favourite 'bumping uglies'," explained Dorothy.

"Some terms you might already know, and some you might never want to know," the designers continued. "There's even a useful guide to alternative words for his 'n' hers bits 'n' bobs just in case you're struggling to locate the 'panty hamster' or the 'swizzle stick'."

The graphics are printed in hot pink on a scarlet red background, which is sized 80 by 60 centimetres.

"The Periodic Table of Sexual Terminology is more of a rummage around in Dorothy's school boy (girl) mind than a scientific investigation into the finer linguistics of sex," said the studio. "It's not for the faint-hearted."

This competition is now closed. Five winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners' names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeen Mail newsletter and at the top of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.

]]>http://www.dezeen.com/2015/02/14/competition-periodic-table-sexual-terminology-poster-dorothy-valentines-day/feed/2Karim Rashid's sex shop interior "satisfies primal desire"http://www.dezeen.com/2015/01/27/karim-rashid-fun-factory-sex-shop-interior-munich/
http://www.dezeen.com/2015/01/27/karim-rashid-fun-factory-sex-shop-interior-munich/#commentsTue, 27 Jan 2015 12:43:16 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=635918Shoppers are encouraged to get hot under the collar while perusing the erotic products on offer at this Munich sex shop, with a curvaceous interior by New York designer Karim Rashid (+ slideshow). Karim Rashid has overhauled the interior of an existing space, adding organic forms to create the Fun Factory's third store, which sells […]

"For the Fun Factory Munich store I was determined to create a retail environment filled with desire, emotion, and passion," Rashid told Dezeen. "Although the physical architecture of the existing building was difficult to soften, I succeeded in designing a sensual space."

Following store designs in Berlin and Bereman, the retail space at the Bavarian capital's Viktualienmarkt is split over two levels.

"Far from all the usual clichés, the Fun Factory store in Munich satisfies primal desire with over 180-square-metres of open floor," said a statement from the brand.

The brightly lit ground floor displays lingerie, accessories and body care, as well as seductive literature.

Large windows on two sides are obscured with patterns of gold and silver dots, offering glimpses of provocatively dressed mannequins from outside.

Opposite, a wall of glass shelving presents the erotic books and a wavy unit in the centre follows the shape of the Mr Pink silicone "designer dildo" Rashid created for the brand, which sits on top.

"Once marginal and taboo, sex and sex toys, like design, are now ubiquitous," said Rashid. "The underlying narratives of sex toys, like perfume bottles for example, are desire, form, seduction, beauty, and physicality."

A patterned staircase leads up to the darker first floor, where display units are shaped to represent parts of the body.

"Visiting the store should be empowering so the architecture is built with strong clean pure organic forms, representative of a strong, confident, and proud woman," said Rashid.

"The shapes are reminiscent of secondary erogenous zones like the curves of the neck, collarbone, behind the knee, hips, and lips. The display tables are reminiscent of my dildo design, Mr Pink, for Fun factory."

More sex toys, underwear and "exotic clubwear" are found upstairs, where white lines trace curves around the black floor and the organic forms on the walls are picked out with cove lighting.

Smaller rooms off the main space are dedicated to specific garment styles, hung on rails within recesses in the walls.

Throughout the store, a palette of black, gold and white is used to compliment the leather garments as well as contrast with the brightly coloured dildos.

"The fine line for me was to do something tasteful, not too literal, and a bit abstract, since the objects they sell are so animated," Rashid said.

"Design is a public subject. Design is now shaping every aspect of living so the final frontier is to shape a better sex life."

On Faustino's mirror, the hole is capped with a small adornment to match the elaborate surround.

"The Baroque trophy and its reflection deforms the image of the spectator," said Faustino. "This effect guides our judgement on the field of anxiety, embarrassment, perplexity and paradoxically contemplation."

Terra Incognita – which translates as "unknown land" – was created for an exhibition to celebrate the 140th anniversary of Portuguese silver company Topázio.

Faustino designed the mirror to merge "an ornamental piece and a fragment of vanity".

The artist took influences from early texts on Queer Theory, which took critical approaches to issues of sexual identity, as well as literary work by 18th century French aristocrat Marquis de Sade – known for his libertine sexuality.

"Referring to the 'queer readings', literature of the 1970s, and the writings of Le Marquis de Sade, this work highlights a praise of the transgressive aspect of our pleasures," said a statement from Faustino.

The Topázio – 140 Years of Silver exhibition opened on Saturday at Lisbon's Museu do Design e da Moda (MUDE) and runs until 28 March 2015.